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The current mania for supercomputers, AI, superintelligence and the like is driven by the availability of cheap energy, mostly afforded by fossil fuels.

That can be by saying something inappropriate directly at a player or yelling when a player is about to hit, when they’re supposed to be afforded quiet.

That’s thanks partly to his mother, who otherwise afforded him vast room for creativity.

"We let families down", Ms Morton told the inquiry, saying protection was not afforded to babies and that "some children paid the highest price".

He said the government shutdown, which began on Tuesday, had afforded him an "unprecedented opportunity".